Salisbury Arms, 105 High Street, Hoddesdon EN11 8TN Salisbury Arms, Hoddesdon (image courtesy of Harris Digital Productions) The Star in 1530; the Black Lion (Lyon) in 1568 and the Salisbury Arms in 1828. An old courthouse, believed to have been erected by the Earl of Salisbury in 1610, adjoined the inn on its north side. In 1848 a great dinner was held here to celebrate Hoddesdon’s first... 

The Market House stood opposite the Bull, whose sign crossed the roadand rested on it Hoddesdon market has had a long history, and for its origin we must go back to the reign of Henry III. In 1253 a Richard de Boxe, then holding a manor which took its name from him, received in addition to the grant of free warren (i.e., the right to hunt freely wild animals) for this manor, the following grant of...